Iquique Travel Recommendations for 2024 (Updated in Apr)

Iquique - Where desert and beach meet

Iquique is a beach resort town in Northern Chile. I took a night bus from Arica (a city bordering Peru) taking 4:30 hours. The main beach Playa Cavancha is the main attraction. It has a nice, long promenade lined with modern high-rise buildings. The glory from the saltpetre mining in the past can be seen in the charming buildings around city centre. See my photos. The city lies on sloping dry mountain with nice view of the sea. Despite not being a major city, the cost of living is still high (Chilean standard). #iquique #chileanbeach #chileanpacificcoast

Driving on the border between Chile and Bolivia, stopping on the way to the snow-capped mountains, plateaus, lakes, llamas... I met a wounded, treacherous little fox, and divided it into a piece of meat... Nature is like a Pandora's box. There is wind in the box, there is snow, there are mountains, there is water, there is sunshine, there are life, everything is changed, crushed, reorganized, and then smashed with the seasons. Reorganize... No one can read all this change, so there are a thousand kinds of scenery in the eyes of a thousand people... I didn't cry, but my nose couldn't stop. Traffic: You can book directly from the small town of San Pedro de Atacama in the Atacama Desert ~ one day trip, start early in the morning and return at night. The price is between 70-120 US dollars, depending on how you go to the local area to bargain with the travel agency. The scenery there is beautiful, personal feeling, more suitable for driving. So if you have the ability, you can rent a car and enjoy the scenery along the way! Ps: Remember to wear thick clothes! The wind is very big, huge cold!

The endangered world heritage site Humberstone is a famous ghost town in Chile. It used to be a mining town. It was once the white gold saltpetre mining center, but it was a ghost town in the night. There is a sad story circulating on the run-down land. It is said that the old buildings will echo the shouts of children from time to time, and some tourists can occasionally see strange phantoms in their photos.